Tag: Internet

As the Outlaw enters it’s fourth year of publication and 2015 comes to a stuttering close, I thought I would take a minute to reflect on something. When I first started writing for this site, a small part of it’s remit, was identifying a number of people as not being who they publicly present themselves […]

“THE CHINESE BELIEVE, THAT IN ORDER TO CONQUER A BEAST, YOU MUST FIRST MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL” – Kay Radfield Jamison, author of ‘An Unquiet Mind’. The above statement may well be true of the many ferocious beasts found in nature, however wild and unpredictable those beasts may appear; those beasts who roam the forests, the […]

In January 2015, the Internet Live Stats website, stated the number of active websites currently online, to be around 876,812,666, a number which is known to fluctuate on an hourly basis. At the time of writing, however, the number currently stands at 936,152,576. So with that in mind, and going on the increasing number of […]

There is a school of thought, that believes that human beings are essentially a sheep-like species, who will copy, and therefore follow one another – without really thinking. Is there any truth in this? How often do you see the term ‘sheeple’ being used on the Internet for instance? A term incidentally, almost always used […]

Regular readers of the Outlaw, may be aware that for what has been more than two years now, I have attracted the attentions of a stalker. I have two in fact, and although that is a different story altogether, it is relevant to this article, inasmuch as, one of them, incidentally a ‘female’, also openly […]

“The broad mass of a nation will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one” Appearances can be deceiving. What can appear on the surface to be one thing, often turns out to be the complete opposite of what you expect, and in times of almost universal deceit – it […]

The human tendencies toward totalitarianism are as old as civilization itself. In fact, what people are witnessing and experiencing today is the modern expression of this ageless thirst for total control. One of the most important things that the forces who strive towards this have learned, is maintaining the vitally important facade of disguising themselves […]

It’s Official…. The Internet is a sadists’ playground. By Chris Mooney In the past few years, the science of Internet trollology has made some strides. Last year, for instance, we learned that by hurling insults and inciting discord in online comment sections, so-called Internet trolls (who are frequently anonymous) have a polarizing effect on audiences, leading to politicization, […]

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“Two human qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.” – Carl von Clausewitz